Tatiana Viktorovna Shevtsova (russian: Татьяна Викторовна Шевцова; born 22 July 1969) is a Russian Deputy

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and Order of Honour recipient.

Early life and education

Shevtsova was born in 1969 in

Kozelsk Kozelsk (russian: Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (Oka's tributary), southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Populatio ...

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. She attended and later graduated from

Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (''Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет экономики и финансов'') was a public university in Saint Petersburg, Ru ...

in 1991.

Career

From 1991 she worked as a

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for the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation. Since 4 August 2010 works as Deputy

of the

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, with responsibility for MOD finances, under a

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. Journal

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included her to the list of the top richest

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of Russia (13th place in 2013)

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1969 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Russian military personnel Tax collectors Saint Petersburg University of Economics and Finance alumni Deputy Defence Ministers of Russia {{Russia-mil-bio-stub